The Seymour, later Culme-Seymour Baronetcy, of Highmount and Friery Park in the County of Devon, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 31 May 1809 for the naval commander Admiral

Admiral

Admiral is the rank, or part of the name of the ranks, of the highest naval officers. It is usually considered a full admiral and above vice admiral and below admiral of the fleet . It is usually abbreviated to "Adm" or "ADM"...

 Michael Seymour

Sir Michael Seymour, 1st Baronet

Sir Michael Seymour, 1st Baronet KCB was an officer of the Royal Navy. He served during the French Revolutionary and the Napoleonic Wars, eventually rising to the rank of Rear-Admiral.-Family and early life:...

. The second Baronet assumed the additional surname of Culme, which was that of his first wife. The third Baronet was also an Admiral in the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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 and notably commanded the Channel Squadron from 1890 to 1892 and the Mediterranean Fleet from 1893 to 1896. The fourth Baronet was a Vice-Admiral in the Royal Navy. He commanded the battleship HMS

Her Majesty's Ship

Her or His Majesty's Ship is the ship prefix used for ships of the navy in some monarchies, either formally or informally.-HMS:* In the British Royal Navy, it refers to the king or queen of the United Kingdom as appropriate at the time...

 Centurion

HMS Centurion (1911)

HMS Centurion was the second battleship of the King George V class, built at HM Dockyard, Devonport.The Battleships of the King George V class had been designed as Dreadnought Battleship....

at Jutland

Battle of Jutland

The Battle of Jutland was a naval battle between the British Royal Navy's Grand Fleet and the Imperial German Navy's High Seas Fleet during the First World War. The battle was fought on 31 May and 1 June 1916 in the North Sea near Jutland, Denmark. It was the largest naval battle and the only...

 in 1916 and served as second-in-command of the Mediterranean Fleet between 1920 and 1923, as Commander-in-Chief of North America and the West Indies from 1923 to 1924 and as Second Sea Lord

Second Sea Lord

The Second Sea Lord and Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command , commonly just known as the Second Sea Lord , is one of the most senior admirals of the British Royal Navy , and is responsible for personnel and naval shore establishments.-History:In 1805, for the first time, specific functions were...

 from 1924 to 1925. The fifth Baronet was a member of the Northamptonshire County Council and also served as a Deputy Lieutenant

Deputy Lieutenant

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 of the county.

Two other members of the family also had distinguished naval careers. Sir Michael Seymour, third son of the first Baronet, was an Admiral in the Royal Navy. Sir Edward Hobart Seymour

Edward Hobart Seymour

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Edward Hobart Seymour, GCB, OM, GCVO , was a Royal Navy officer who became Commander-in-Chief, China Station.- Early life :...

, son of Reverend Richard Seymour, fourth son of the first Baronet, was an Admiral of the Fleet

Admiral of the Fleet

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.

The Culme-Seymour Baronets are members of a junior branch of the Seymour family headed by the Duke of Somerset

Duke of Somerset

Duke of Somerset is a title in the peerage of England that has been created several times. Derived from Somerset, it is particularly associated with two families; the Beauforts who held the title from the creation of 1448 and the Seymours, from the creation of 1547 and in whose name the title is...

 (see Seymour family

Seymour family

Seymour, or St. Maur, is the name of an English family in which several titles of nobility have from time to time been created, and of which the Duke of Somerset is the head.-Origins:...

). The family surname is pronounced "Cullum-Seamer".

Seymour, later Culme-Seymour Baronets, of Highmount and Friery Park (1809)

• Sir Michael Seymour, 1st Baronet
  Sir Michael Seymour, 1st Baronet
  Sir Michael Seymour, 1st Baronet KCB was an officer of the Royal Navy. He served during the French Revolutionary and the Napoleonic Wars, eventually rising to the rank of Rear-Admiral.-Family and early life:...
  
   (1768-1834)
• Sir John Hobart Culme-Seymour, 2nd Baronet (1800-1880)
• Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, 3rd Baronet
  Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, 3rd Baronet
  Admiral Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, 3rd Baronet was a senior Royal Navy officer. On 17 September 1880 he became 3rd Baronet, on the death of his father...
  
   (1836-1920)
• Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, 4th Baronet
  Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, 4th Baronet
  Vice-Admiral Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, 4th Baronet KCB, MVO was an officer of the Royal Navy. A member of a substantial naval dynasty, he served during the First World War, commanding a ship at the Battle of Jutland in 1916...
  
  (1867-1925)
• Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, 5th Baronet (1909-1999)
• Sir Michael Patrick Culme-Seymour, 6th Baronet (b. 1962)